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Irish Flute Skills

Glottal Stops, Ornamentation, Flutter Tonguing, Articulation and Phrasing

IRISH FLUTE SKILLS: MASTERING IRISH DANCE RHYTHMS

Irish Flute Skills is designed as a continuation course to Flute Progressions, taking you deep into the world of Irish dance tunes such as jigs, reels, slides, waltzes and barn dances, and their distinguishing rhythms.

By the end of this course you will have a greater understanding of the rhythm of Irish dance tunes plus 13 new tunes to add to your repertoire. The course has 13 lessons, broken into 3 to 4 tutorials each, where tunes are taught phrase by phrase.

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  • 18 lessons teaching how to play 13 very popular Irish tunes
  • PDF sheet music & mp3’s to download & keep for each tune
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Kirsten Allstaff
Kirsten Allstaff is one of the founders and directors of The Online Academy of Irish Music. She is an acclaimed flute and tin-whistle player and has played music throughout Ireland, Europe, North America and Asia with various Irish dance shows and groups: Gaelforce Dance, Celtic Legends, Rhythm of the Dance, The Fiddlecase and Clare based band Los Paddys De Los Pampas.In 2014, Kirsten released her solo album 'Gallowglass'. With master instrumentalists John Joe Kelly on Bodhrán and Eoin O'Neill on Bouzouki amongst many others. This album is a blend of traditional tunes from her two homelands of Ireland and Scotland.Originally…
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Course Structure

This course advances the exploration and demonstration of articulating, phrasing and ornamenting popular Irish dance tunes and presents exercises to aid tone, embouchure and breath control.  It includes techniques that emphasise the rhythm, such as glottal stops, ornamentation and the breath.

The traditional Irish tunes and corresponding techniques taught are:

  • The Hollybush (Ornamentation: Short and Long Rolls on G)
  • The Humours Of Alehouse (Throat Articulation)
  • The Kilmaley Reel (Tone: Consistency through lower and higher registers)
  • The Peaceful Greengroves (Tone and Left Hand Dexterity)
  • Kathleen O’Hehir’s Slide (Throat Articulation and Tone)
  • Sweet Marie (Flutter Tonguing)
  • Jim Donoghue’s (Breathing and Phrasing)
  • The Rookery (Ornamentation: Cranns, C♮ornamentation. Breathing and Phrasing)
  • Garrett Barry’s (Ornamentation: Cranns, C♮ornamentation. Breathing and Phrasing)
  • The Munster Cloak (Flutter Tonguing. The high D)
  • Pearl O’Shaughnessy’s Barndance (Variation and Keywork)
  • Lady Ann Montgomery’s (Tone: The Low D)
  • The Mullinavat (Ornamentation)
Sample Sheet Music
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Irish Flute Skills Lessons

1
Intermediate
The Hollybush

Ornamentation: Short and Long Rolls on G

Melody
G Major
Jig
2
Intermediate
The Humours of Alehouse

Throat Articulation

Melody
D Major
Jig
3
Intermediate
The Kilmaley Reel

Tone: Consistency through lower and higher registers

Melody
G Major
Reel
4
Intermediate
The Peaceful Greengroves

Tone and Left Hand Dexterity

Melody
A Minor
Reel
5
Intermediate
Kathleen O’Hehir’s Slide

Throat Articulation and Tone

Melody
D Major
Slide
6
Intermediate
Sweet Marie

Flutter Tonguing,

Melody
G Major
Slide
7
Intermediate
Jim Donoghue’s

Breathing and Phrasing

Melody
D Major
Reel
8
Intermediate
The Rookery

Cranns, Breathing and Phrasing

Melody
D Mixolydian
Jig
9
Intermediate
Garrett Barry’s

Cranns, Breathing and Phrasing

Melody
D Mixolydian
Jig
10
Intermediate
The Munster Cloak

Flutter Tonguing. The high D

Melody
G Major
Waltz
11
Intermediate
Pearl O’Shaughnessy’s Barndance

How to use chromatic notes in the tune as a means of variation

Melody
G Major
Barndance
12
Intermediate
Lady Ann Montgomery’s

Practice bringing out the low D’s

Melody
D Major
Reel
13
Intermediate
The Mullinavat

Ornamentation

Melody
E Minor
Reel
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